Core Course Structure and Syllabus

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

M Tech (Aerodynamics and Propulsion)

SEMESTER-I

SEMESTER-II

SEMESTER-III

SEMESTER-IV

ME 550 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering

History of flights; Anatomy of flight vehicles; Classification of aircraft and spacecraft; Atmosphere and flying weather; Airfoil and wing aerodynamics; Aerodynamic forces, lift and drag, high lift devices, Aircraft performance–takeoff and landing, cruising, climbing, gliding and turning flights, range and endurance, ceiling, flight envelope; Principles of stability and control; Aerospace propulsion systems; Elements of structures and materials; Airplanes of the future; Hypersonic vehicles; Basics of space flight; Indian aerospace scenario.

References

1. J. D. Anderson, Jr., Introduction to Flight, McGraw Hill, 2000.
2. R. A. Shevell, Fundamentals of Flight, Pearson Education, 1989.
3. C. Kermode, Mechanics of Flight, Longman, 1996.
4. L. J. Clancy, Aerodynamics, Himalayan Books, 1996.
5. S. K. Ojha, Flight Performance of Aircraft, AIAA Series, 1997.

1. J. J. Sellers, Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, McGraw Hill, 2005.

ME 551 Aerodynamics

Aerodynamic forces and moments; continuity, momentum and energy equations; Inviscid incompressible flow – incompressible flow in a low speed wind tunnel, source and doublet flows, nonlifting flow over a circular cylinder, Kutta-Joukowski theorem; Incompressible flow over airfoils and finite wings – Kutta condition, Kelvin’s circulation theorem, Biot-Savart law, Helmholtz vortex theorem, Prandtle’s classical lift ing line theory; Thin aerofoil theory; Three dimensional source and doublet; Equations of viscous flow; Laminar and turbulent boundary layers; Panel methods in aerodynamics, Unsteady incompressible potential flow - sudden acceleration of a flat plate; Unsteady motion of two-dimensional thin airfoil.

References

1. J. D. Anderson, Jr, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw Hill, 2005.
2. J. J. Bertin, Aerodynamics for Engineers, Pearson Education, 2002.
3. L. J. Clancy, Aerodynamics, Himalayan Books, 1996.
4. L. Houghton, and N. B. Carruthers, Aerodynamics for Engg. Students, Arnold Pub, 1988.
5. M. Kuethe, and C-Y Chow, Foundations of Aerodynamics, Wiley, 1998.
6. J. Katz, and A. Plotkin, Low-speed Aerodynamics: From Wing Theory to Panel Methods, McGraw-Hill, 1991.

ME 552 Aircraft Propulsion

Introduction to aircraft propulsive devices – piston-prop, turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, turbo-shaft and ramjet engines; Propfans/Unducted fan engines; Engine thrust and performance parameters, thermal, propulsive and overall efficiencies; Two and three spool configurations; Cycle analysis of ideal and real turbojet, turbofan, turboprop engines; Engine performance with varying speed and altitude; Methods of thrust augmentation; Modern aircraft engines, their architecture and performance parameters; Analysis of ramjet and scramjet engines; Engine components – Intakes, combustors, afterburners, and nozzles; Turbo-machinery aerodynamics; Design and off-design performance; Turbine cooling methods; Component matching; Environmental considerations; Blade design and cascade theory.

References

1. R. D. Flack, Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
2. H. Cohen, G.F.C. Rogers, and H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo, Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson, 2001.
3. S. Farokhi, Aircraft Propulsion, Wiley, 2014.
4. T. A. Ward, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Wiley, 2010.
5. P. M. Sforza, Theory of Aerospace Propulsion, Elsevier-BH, 2017
6. N. A. Cumpsty, Jet Propulsion, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
7. J. D. Mattingly, Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, McGraw Hill Publications, 1996.
8. G. C. Oates, Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components, AIAA, 1985.
9. P. G. Hill and C. R. Peterson, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison Wesley, 1965.

ME 553 Gas Dynamics

Concepts from thermodynamics; The basic equations of fluid motion; One-dimensional gas dynamics; Isentropic conditions, speed of sound, Mach number, area velocity relations, normal shock relations for a perfect gas, Fanno and Rayleigh flow, one-dimensional wave motion, the shock tube; Waves in supersonic flow: oblique shock waves, supersonic flow over a wedge, Mach lines, piston analogy, supersonic compression by turning, supersonic expansion by turning, the Prandtl-Meyer function, reflection and intersection of oblique shocks, Mach reflection, shock expansion theory, thin aerofoil theory; Flow in ducts and wind tunnels: area relation, nozzle flow, normal shock recovery, effects of second throat, wind tunnel pressure ratio, supersonic wind tunnels; Small perturbation theory; The method of characteristics; Methods of measurement; Elements of hypersonic flow

References

1. H. W. Liepmann and A. Roshko, Elements of Gas Dynamics, John Wiley, 1960.
2. J. D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow, McGraw Hill, 1989.
3. B. K. Hodge and C. Koenig, Compressible Fluid Dynamics (with P.C. applications), PH, 1995.
4. H. Shapiro, The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Flow, Ronald Press, 1954.
5. R. D. Zucker and O. Biblarz, Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics, Wiley, 2002.

ME 554 Rocket Propulsion

Classification of rockets – chemical, electrical and nuclear; Applications of rockets in launch vehicles, spacecraft, and missiles; Criteria of performance – thrust, specific impulse, energy and efficiencies, characteristic velocity, effective exhaust velocity; Isentropic flow through nozzles, nozzle configurations, real nozzles; Flight performance of rocket vehicles; Trajectories and orbits; Solid rocket motors, double-base and composite propellants, grain configurations, erosive burning; Liquid rocket engines, types of propellants; cryogenic and gelled propellants, injector design, gas pressure and turbo-pump feed systems, combustion instability; Heat transfer analysis; Thrust vector control; Hybrid rocket engines; Electrothermal, ion and magnetoplasma rockets; Rocket testing.

References

1. G. P. Sutton and O. Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements, Wiley, 2001.
2. P. M. Sforza, Theory of Aerospace Propulsion, Elsevier-BH, 2017

1. T. A. Ward, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Wiley, 2010.
2. J. J. Sellers, Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, McGraw Hill, 2005.
3. R. W. Humble, G. N. Henry, W. J. Larson, Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill, 1995.
4. G. C. Oates, Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Education Series, 1988.
5. M. L. Turner, Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion, Springer, 2009.
6. D. K. Huzel, and D. H. Huang, Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines, Progress in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1992.
7. P. G. Hill, and C. R. Peterson, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Addison Wesley, 1965.

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